White Stripes Cancel Entire U.S. Tour, Cite “Anxiety”

After cancelling their upcoming appearance at Austin City Limits , Detroit duo White Stripes have gone one step further and cancelled their entire Fall U.S. tour. Yesterday the band announced they would be pulling out of the Austin City Limits festival this weekend due to a “nervous breakdown” on the part of drummer Meg White; the reason being given for the full tour cancellation is that Meg “is suffering from acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time.” Refunds are available at points of purchase.

All the best to Meg, but I do have to say this clears up a bit of a conflict here in the Bay Area: the Stripes’ 9/21 show in Berkeley was to be the same night as the Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem show at the Shoreline in Mountain View, as well as Simian Mobile Disco’s local debut, although I’m probably the only one who cares about that last one.